Abstract
The paper looks at the skills needed for innovation - such as tenacity, independence, imagination, risk-taking, creativity, intuition and leadership - and then identifies typical gaps in those skills within engineering students. The paper presents the case study from the University of Bath focusing on creativity, design and prototyping skills. The aim of the paper is to present the work that has been done on an engineering design unit to boost creativity, design and prototyping skills for engineers. The paper presents evidence of changes in the students' innovation skills (self-assessed) from the protocol analysis of independently conducted interviews and focus group. The paper then goes on to discuss the overall learning from the teaching approaches focusing particularly on the extent to which the skills needed for innovation have been enhanced.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Design Education for Future Wellbeing: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium 6th-7th September 2012 |
| Editors | L Buck, G Frateur, W Ion, C McMahon, C Baelus, C De Grande, S Vervulgen |
| Place of Publication | Glasgow |
| Publisher | Design Society |
| Pages | 431-436 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781904670360 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012 - Antwerp , Belgium Duration: 6 Sept 2012 → 7 Sept 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | Belgium |
| City | Antwerp |
| Period | 6/09/12 → 7/09/12 |